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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
THE PERSONAL DEVIL.
Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.


 Do believe in a personal devil, son? Don't I? l don't know of any crea- ture in the universe more given to personality than this same devil to whom you allude.
 l believe in demoniacal possession l myself have seen men possessed with devils exceeding fierce. have seen n child which had dumb spirit. Why l myself have been grievously vexed with devil. Not once, my son, but many times; not only twenty five years ago, but yesterday, possibly to- day: more than likely tomorrow.
 Why, my boy, did you never get up ill the morning with a demon of ill humor, of perversity of hatcfulness. in full possession of you? You feel strong, vigorous, well; your head doesn't acho; your vision is clear, your debts are paid; the day is bright. sunny, beautiful: nobody gives you a cross word everybody ill the dining room speaks pleasantly to you as you come in, and the bitter, mean, waspish devil of pervcrsity that has possession of you snalls out a hateful answer the minute you open your lips to speak :; makes you say something you never intended to say puts into your mouth words that make your own heart ache, as your eyes see the lips that you love quiver with pain at your harshness.
 Have you never maintained a surly, mean, cruel humor while a brave, low ing face, looking up into your clouded brow, was cheerily trying to cast out the evil spirit? Have you never done some mean thing at which your better nature revolted? Never been i'll tenn pered all day when you had no cause, no reason for it and were torturing yourself even as you tortured those whom you most dearly loved.
 An, yes; you have writhed in the clutches of these devils of perversity obstinacy, ill humor, unreasoning and unreasonable meanness, fiercely crying out against the love that would cast out the evil spirits.
 But this, you say, is owing to phys icai and mental causes. The body is in ill-health, and there is in the hu- man organism an integmtion and CO., ordination of vital action. which There that will do ; always feel one coming into me when I hear you talk in that way. Physical health has nothing to do with it, because some of the greatest sufferers the world has ever known have been entirely free from this demoniac possession, while some of the meanest men ever knew have lived in perfect health to their eightieth year You know yourself that when you feel that way you are possessed of n devil.
 Do I believe in him? My boy, il doesn't make particle of difference whether man with the'.iumpine toothache" believes in the toothacht or not: he's got it; the toothache is ir possession just the same. And, be- tween you and me and the man named Legion, he acts for all the world as though he did believe in it.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
vITIATED BLOOD. Scrofulous, Inherited and Con- tagious Humors Cured
 by Cuticura.

'TNHROUGH the medium of one of your books re. ceiyed through Mir. Frank T. Wray, Druggist, Apollo, Pa, became acquainted with your CuTI- CuRA hEMEDItss and take this opportunity to tes. tity to you that their use has permanentiy curef me ot one ot the worst cases of blood poisoning connection With eryspelas that have ever seen and this after having been pronounced incurable h, some oi the best physicians in county. takt great pleasure in forwarding to you this testimonial unsolicited as II Is by you in order that others sui terlng rom similar maadies may be encouraged tt give your CuTICURA REMEDIEs trial
 F. s. WHITLINGER Leechburp Pa Reference; FRANK T. WRAY, Druggist,
 no1lo ID,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
Old Age.
Youths Companion.

Your Z people frequently look upon aged persons with pity, and think of them as deprived of most things that make life desirable. Yet, as a general rule, old people cling to life as ear- nestly as any others, and that, too, not merely as shrinking from what lies beyond death, but for the mere pleas ure of living.
 They are cut of, to be sure, from some sources ofenjoyment which they once had, but others arc open to them. The ambition is less keen, and the cares of life bring less anxiety than they once did. There is even a cer- tain satisfaction in receiving that re- spect for age which is paid to them by younger people, ill accordance with an impulse which is as universal as it is noble.
 To youth hope makes the future bright-brighter, often, than events will make it; to the aged memory makes the whole past, stripped of its gloomier features and filled with pleasant pictures, part ot the un- changing present,
 Our inherited constitution has much to do with the length of our lives. The late Mrs. Cleveland Clark, who died in Springfield, Mass, not long ago, at the age of l02, was an illustra- tion of this fact. She is reported to have enjoyed life greatly to the very last, and maintained constant and happy interest in all the affairs of the world.
 Her father lived to be over ninety, and her mother almost attained the age of 105. She leaves brother who is over ninety, and sister of ninety seven. The Rev. Charles Cleveland, long known in Boston as city mis-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

An exchange says: "A New York dealer gives away vests and pants." It is not surprising that he pants. A dealer who gives away vests must have so many customers that it makes him pant to hand down the garments. Nor1IstorR Herald.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

At hotel in Glasgow gentleman, finding that the person who acted as waiter could not give him certain in- formation which he wanted, put the question, "Do you belong to this es- tablishment?" to which James replied "No, sir; 1 belong to the Free Kirk" . EGch0nqe.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

If you have sick or nervous head ache, take Ayers Cathartic Pills. They will cleanse the stomach, restore healthy action to the digestive organs, remove effete matter (the presence of which depresses the nerves and brain), and thus give speedy relief.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

Passengers who once try the "Mo- non" route, which is the model line from Cincinnati and Louisville to Chicago, never name it but to praise it.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
sCROFULOUS ULCERS.

James E. Richardson Custom House, New Or leans, on oath, says: |" In 1870 Scrofulous Ulcer broke out on my body until was mass of corrup ton. everything known to the medical facult, vas tried Tn vain. I became n mere wreck A turn in bed; was In constant pain, and looked upol ne aOe 4s curse No relief or cure in years II and was perfectly cured.' '''"
 Sworn to before U. s. Com. J. D. CRAwroRp
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
The Best 1 Have Ever Known.
Brownsville, Tenn, Dec. 30th, 1885 1feSS,s. R. 4, Robinson d. Go.
Louisville. Eu.,.

MeSSrS. R. 4. RO6inSOn eE O..
 Louisville, Ky.'
 Gentlemen: have been handling your Hughes Tonic for number of years, and pronounce it the best chill remedy have ever known. During the past two years I sold nearly Twelve Gross, insuring every bottle and l think one dozen would cover all losses. It comes nearer being uni versal chill cure than anything ever handled. Yours truly,
 (Signed.) STACY LORD. Prepared by R. A. Robinson x Co.,, Wholesale Druggists, Louisville, Ky. Sold at retail by Druggists gener- ally.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

Uncle John-"Why, my girl, you've grown like cucumber vine. What progress are you making towards mat rimony?"
 Clara-"Weli, uncle, Pm on my fifth lap."--Ne,c Hdrea Nescs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

An eminent physician says: Our seventeen -months-oh baby drinks Moxie as he would milk lad libitum," i" and we have failed to discover any re- action more than from milk.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
ONE OF THE WORsT GASES.

We have been selling your CurIcuRA REMEDIES TOT years. and have the first complaint yet to re Scroinia l ever saw vas cured by the use of five CUTIcuRA SOAP. The Soap takes the cake y here Rs medicinal soap.
 TAYLOR TAYLOR. Druggists
 Frankfort
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

The " Monon !" route is the shortest, speediest, safest and best between and Chicago.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

It is painful to sec a man trying to SOW wild dotes in his dotage.- Teras Sfitfiags.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

To call New York banker Napo- leon now is sufficient to cause a run on his bank.-Ddlas Nescs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
sCR0FUL0Us, INHERITED.

And Contagious Humors with Loss of Hair and Erupuons of the Skin, are positively cured by Gu TiCURA ana CCTIcuRA SOAP externally, and Curl CURA RESoLvENr internally when all other nad cines fail. Send for Pamphlet ~
 CUrICURA REMkDIEs are sold everywhere Price: |: CrTIcuRA, the Great Skin Cure, 50 cents; CUTI- CuRA SoAP. an Exquisite Purifier, g cents; CUrI. CuRA REsoLVENT, the New Blood Purifier e1 O0 POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co.,. Boston
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

Children Cry for Pitchers cassoria.
 -Adp.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

DIMPLES, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes and UNI Baby Humors use CUTicURA SoAP.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

Madam" said tramp as he called at the back door of Sioux Falls res@ idence, "gimme bitew
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

King Humbert, of Italy, has re
ceIvsd from the citizens of Naples an
enormous wreath of bronze, s~urlnounted
by a gold star, in recognition of his
bravery and humanity during the recent
cholera scourge in that city.
AS a family man, David Wright,
c,fpred, of Columbia City, Fla. Can
h.. lily be surpassed. He is the father
of twenty-five children, most of them
living, and his present wife is the
mother of twenty-seven children, nine
teen of whom aresliying.
The pistol with which Guiteau shot
President Garfield is in the keeping OF
SO civil authorities of the District OF
uiumbia. All the personal property
fuuad on the assassin's bodyat the time
of arrest WIS con6scated, and is still re-
tanned by the officials.
Although Carlyle devoted all the
energies of his life to bathing against
sha ms, 1t is noted that his old house il
Chelsea is occupied by a quack doctor,
and that the tablet to his memory hal
been placed on the wrong house. This
Fright be called the irony of fate.
"A flock of blackbirds SAID to have
been three miles in length and nearly a
hundred yards wide, lately passed over
Edanton bay, North Carolina. They
..bs;ured the heavens like a dark cloud,
and the noise of their flight was like the
rush of a mighty wind.
"A thousand Madrid babies have
been baptized with the name OF King
Alfonso since his death. Queen Chris
liuI recently presented the l,000th baby
~ i a book bearing the inscription
- the l,000th Alfonso, from q
" ,asn whom two Alfonsos have made
happy"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Some minds are like streams flowing on to
Through fields where the sunshine Is p'acid
and free,
Where the clover, wind-wafted, coquets
with the bee.
Some are like mountain rills dashing along
over rocks and through valleys, with
laughter and song,
But checked, they plunge on down abysses
of wrong.
But some, like great rivers, too closely con-
fined,
Break the rocks that oppose them, and sill
Or make IN their progress grand canons of
mind
Deep, dark and mysterious wild gorges of
gloom
They NAV sem, and yet in them sweet
wild flowers may bloom,
And gems and pure gold in thar eaVeTns
find room.
No depths of mans nature are barren OF
good
Over desolate rocks the wlndsa@d the food
And the forests arose that for ages have
stood.
Over all their fair tresses the summer had
care. =
Her soft breezes famed them, and birds CT
the air
Made nests in their branches and waroled
loves prayer,
So over mems hearts let the sweet waters
flow,
And the rocks shall be melted now harden
ing below,
And the vines aud the roses will clingthere
and grow.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
46th C0NGRESS-2d SESSION
SENATE.


In the United States Senate on the
18th, the House amendment to the bill
for a public building in Camden, New
Jersey. (lirA'ting the expenditure for a
tie and budding to 500 ,OOOl, was con-
Cured In. Mr.. Dolph. from the Com
mittee on Coast Defences, reported as
an anime adment to be offered to the
bill TO encourage the manufacture OF
steel for ordnance, an item appropri-
atlng 5000, 900 for the construction OF
Notifications and other works Of de-
fence. 1t was ordered printed. A SEN
ate bill was passed for the issue of an
American register to the steamer
Nuevo MonteZuma, owned in Philadel-
phia. The Army APPROPRIATION bill
was reported, with amendments, and
ordered printed. The Interstate
Commerce bill was discussed by Messrs.
ingalls,, Call, Brown and others. After
an executive session the Senate ad
iourned.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
Vegetable Clothing.

About two hundred years ago the
Governor of the Island of Jamaica, Sit
Thomas Lynch, sent to King Charles
III. of England, a vegetable necktie,
and a very good necktie it was,
although it had g~rownion,atree and had
not been altered since it was taken.
from the tree
A gentleman who witnessed two ma
tives manufacturing this lace, thus de-
scribes it. A tree about twenty feet
high and six inches in diameter, with a
bark looking much like that of a birch
Tree, was cut down. Three strips of
bark, each about six inches wide and
eight feet long, were taken from the
trunk and thrown into a stream Of
water. Then each man took a strip
while it was still in the water, and
with the point of his knife separated a
thin layer Of the inner bark from one
end of the strip. This layer was then
taken in the fingers and gently pulled,
whereupon 1t came away in an even
sheet of the entire width and length Of
the strip of bark. Twelve sheets were
thus taken from each strip of bark,
and thrown into the water.
The men were not through yet, how
ever, for when each strip of bark had
yielded its twelve sheets, each sheet
was taken from the water and gradu-
ally stretched sidewlse. The spectator
could hardly believe his eyes. The
sheet b~roadened and ~broadened until
from a close piece of material six
inches wide, it became a hlmy cloud of
delicate lace, over three feet in width.
The astonished gentleman vas forced
to confess that no human-made loom
ever turned out lace which could sur
pass in snowy whiteness and gossamer-
like delicacy that product of nature.
Tae natural lace is not SO regular in
formation as the material called iilu-
sion, so much worn by ladies in sum
mer; but it Is soft and white, and will
bear washing, which is not true of
Il union. In Jamaica and Central
America, among the poorer people it
supplies the place OF manufactured
cloth, which they a not afford to
buy; and the wealthier classes do not
by any means scorn it for ornamental
use. The tree is commonly called the
lace-5ark tres. Its botanical name is
Lagati0 iatearla.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
Queer Ideas of Female Adornment

tNNSA
In the land OF the great Mixado it is
the fashion with certain ladies of So
cIety to gild their teeth, while in some
parts of the Indies red paint is consld-
cred tue NEST approved mental adOrn-
ment. In ''Greenland's icy noun
tains," a blue and yellow color is
thought to enhance the beauty of the
female face. Persian ladies regard red
hair with adherence, while the Turks
look upon it with the greatest favor.
Small round eyes are among the
types of female beauty in China, and
the girls pluck their eyebrows that they
may be thin and long. The tiny
cramped feet of the Chinese maiden
are too well known. Il Turkey, fe-
male eyebrows painted in black and
& I'D are as much a IL mode as rose
C Jlored finger nails.
In Peru ornaments for the nose are
quite the fashion for ladies, and the
weight and thickness of the nasal ring
grows in proportion to the rank of the
wearer. In some cases a number of
gold rings are thus worn, much to
the discomfort Of their owner. The
wearing of earrings is a fashion among
ladies much nearer home than the land
of the fair Peruvians.
A huge figure of a bird made of
copper or of gold, according t, the
fortune of the wearer, was a common
head-dress OF the Chinese maidens half
a century ago. The wings of the bird
were spread out, and the tail, long and
open, formed a beautiful TUT Of
feathers. The mechanical bird was,
in some cases, so contrived by tue
means of springs and apparatus as to
autter and tremble at the slightest mo-
ton.
Among one of the African tribes the
ladies used to carry on their heads a
slight board a foot long and half a foot
wide, with which they covered their
long hair, sealing it down with wax
This head gear was a fixture, and the
wearers could not lie down nor lean
without keeping their necks straight
About vice a year the wax is melted
and the hair re-arranged to suit ''the
manners and customs Of good society,"
in those parts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

see a tall figure near the window, half
hidden by the curtain folds, as she
sobbed out her story.
"And Alfred will never forgive me. :"
she said in conclusion. 81 saw It IN
his face"
500 you deserve that he shouldp"
Aunt Mary asked, still holding the girl
close in her arms.
"No. l ought never to have allowed
the count to pay sc much attention.
But it was mere Irritation. auntle. lie
cares nothing for me, though Wheaton
is a golden prize; and | never gave him
a thought, even of friendship. And |
had tried to be good had, lndeedl L
meant to 60 back to Morton and help
Alfred in every good work. 1 meant to
use my money for charity, for useful
aims only, and it is only my silly head
that had drawn ms into these last few
weeks Of frivolity and foolishhess.n
"You love Alfred, them"
Glove Alfredl Aunt Mary, do you
suppose l would have promised to
marry him if l had not loved him?'
"'But when the count asked if you
loved him, you only said you were be-
trothed."
"Do you suppose 1 would even men
tion Alfred to hlm2" Nettle asked In
~dignantly.
''Then if Alfred would forgive you,
you would be quite happypn .
IF he really forgave me. knowing all
my folly, and my sincere penltence.
OIL auntie, to lose him nov would
drive me away from all ] hoped to be.
J. could not go back to Wheaton and
work as l had promised myself to work,
if he turned coldly from me. l need his
counsel, his protection; auntie, l need
his love-"
The tall figure came from the shadow
of the window curtains, aud in the eyes
of the Rev, Alfred Martin there was a
mist Of tears as he bent over Aunt
Mary's chair and took Nettie's hand.
sit was tearing my heart from my
bosom to give you up, Nettie," be SAID
as she sprang up with a cry of Joyous
surprise; ''bat you must make your
choice now, darling. l cannot take
my wife from such Il scene as that |
witnessed tonight"
81 am all yours if you forgive me, y
she said, humbly. 1--WE will go back
to Morton to morrow, if you WISH"
Aunt Mary d~iscreetly left the room,
but returning very soon found Nettie
alone, fearful but happy, sure OF for
giveness, and very sur would never
again triae with hearts just for muse
ment.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
UnpretentiouS.

President Lincoln would have been
very fond of Mark Tapley, that hero
of Dickens who was "al ways jolly under
difficulties" There was nothing pre-
tentious about the President, and he
easily adapted himself to circumstan-
| ces. Just before the close of the war
he ran away from politicians and office
| seekers of Washington, went down 10
City Point in the steamer River Queen,
and invited himself to stay with Adml-
raj Porter on board the flagship NAL
vern. She was a vessel with poor ac-
| commodations, but the President was
| content to occupy a small stateroom,
six feet long by four and a half wide,
and would not accept the AdmiraPs
larger room. When he retired for the
first night on board, he put his shoes
and socks outside of his stateroom
door, The socks had holes in them,
but they were washed and darned by
the ships tailor, and placed, with MS
clean shoes, at his door.
"A miracle happened to me last
night" said the Presldeuta at the break
fast table. t'When l went to bed |
had two. large holes in my socks, ana
this morning there are no holes IN
them. That never happened to me
before, it must be a miracle"
How did you sleep, Mr.. President?"
asked the Admiral. =.
81 slept WE'LL" he answered, "but
you can't push a long blade into a
short scabbard. l was too long for
that BERTH"
The President was six feet four in
ches in height, and the berth was only
six feet long.
That day. while the President was
away from the ship, the carpenters en-
larged the stateroom, heightened the
birth and make wei the mattress TO tit
it, Nothing was said about the change
to the President. The next morning
he came out smiling.
"a greater miracle than ever hap
pened last night" said he. II shrank
six inches in length and about a foot
sideways. 1 got somebody else's big
pillow and slept in a better bed tina l
did on the River Queen, though not
half so lively.
81 think" adds Admiral Porter, who
tells the story shat If L had given
him two fence-rails to sleep on, he
would not have found fault. That was
Abraham Lincoln in all things relating
to his " comfort. He would never
permit people to put themselves out
for him under any circumstances"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
PENIS GROVE, n. J.. SATURDAY, JANUARY %. 1887.

or a table tor, or even a wall, though
is advisable that it should be on paper
or parchment. You may write it and
sign your name in pencil if you like
bat it Is better to do it IN ink.
You may make your will in Choctaw,
if you happen to understand that Ian
guage, or it may, as Hamlet says, ''be
writ In the choicest I~talian;'r you may
write it In shorthand, OF in abbrevia.
tons, or In cipher, so long as you leave
the key behind you. Courts ara not
martinets as to the spelling. and if your
photography is not perfectly ultra, they
will not mind it If they can make it out.
If you wish to drop into poetry, eveD
that is permitted, os the following case
of a valid will shows:
l give and bequeath,
When Im laid underneath,
10 my two loving sisters most dear,
The whole Of my store,
Were It twice as much moro,
Which Gods goodness has granted to me.
And that none may prevent
This my will and intent,
Or occasion the least of law racket,
With Il solemn appeal,
/ confirm sign an 1 seal,
This, the true act and deed of VIII jacket.
You may sign your will by your
initials, and if your hand is unsteady,
you may get some one to guide it. You
must have at least two witnesses, and
though you may not actually see the
witnesses sign their names you must be
in such a position that you could do SO
If you "felt 80 disposed, - as Mrs. Camp
might remark. That was Judge Rogers
ruling in the Storey will case, and it is
good law.
II you are going to leave anything to
me don't ask me to be a witness, for,
although 1 could be a good witness. my
legacy would be void. John Bowler
was an eminent lawyer in Philadelphia
some years ago, and the author of sew
eral law books. A lady left him a very
handsome bequest in her will, which he
h nSelf drew and witnessed. There
was no doubt about the intention of the
lady, but Bowler failed to get his
legacy.
Having signed and sealed your will
you a revoke it by destroying it, but
not by simply running the pen through
name or through the lines, but you can
revoke it by a subsequent Will properly
executed. Marriage also revokes a
will,